Models

Fano Alt de Facto JM6

Hand-built vintage-inspired electric guitar

United States

The Fano Alt de Facto JM6 is a hand-built electric guitar with a contoured alder body and a curvy, vintage-inspired outline. It uses a 25.5-inch scale and is often loaded with hot Lollar P-90 pickups, though pickups, woods, hardware, and finishes are all chosen to order. Like the rest of Fano's Alt de Facto line, each JM6 is built one at a time in the USA.

Epiphone Casino

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar

A fully hollow thinline electric with twin P-90 pickups, the Casino is best known for its use by all three guitarists in the Beatles. Its bright, raw, slightly raucous tone made it a favorite for both clean and overdriven playing.

PJD Carey

Single-cut electric guitar

United Kingdom

The Carey is a core PJD Guitars model, a single-cutaway electric hand-built in York, England by luthier Leigh Dovey. It has a flat-top single-cut body and is often fitted with a humbucker/P-90 pairing, offered in Standard, Elite and Limited editions.

Sago Shigure

7-string signature electric guitar

Japan

The Shigure is a Sago New Material Guitars signature model for Machiya of the Wagakki Band, built to order in Amagasaki, Japan. It is a seven-string electric with two extra low frets and Sago's in-house L(x) custom pickups (P-90, JM and humbucker), voiced for Machiya's open A/D/G/C/F/A/D tuning.

Tonfuchs Bulldog

Ergonomic bolt-on electric guitar

Germany

The Bulldog is the original and flagship Tonfuchs model, first prototyped in 2004 by German luthier Uwe Schölch. A bolt-on electric known for its ergonomics, it is a versatile workhorse and is hand-built in Germany with a free-swinging cellulose-varnish finish.

Knaggs Severn

Double-cutaway solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Severn is the flagship of Knaggs Guitars' Chesapeake Series, a double-cutaway solid-body electric guitar with a flat body, a set rock-maple neck, a 25.5-inch scale, and 22 frets. It is offered in a wide range of pickup layouts (including SSS, T-style, HSH, HH, P90 and Firebird) with Knaggs Chesapeake hardtail or tremolo bridges.

Collings 290

Mahogany solid-body electric guitar with P-90 pickups

Electric guitar · United States

The Collings 290 is a single-cutaway mahogany solid-body electric guitar inspired by the Les Paul Junior, with a solid mahogany body and neck, an East Indian rosewood fingerboard, a hand-set mortise-and-tenon neck joint, and P-90 pickups. It is hand-built in Austin, Texas.

Friedman Vintage-T

USA-built T-style electric guitar with P-90 pickups

United States

The Friedman Vintage-T is a single-cutaway, T-style solidbody electric guitar built in the USA by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson. The reviewed model pairs a mahogany body and a bolt-on maple neck with a pau ferro fingerboard and a set of Friedman Classic 90 (P-90 style) pickups over a fixed hardtail bridge. Thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer, a 10-to-14-inch compound-radius board, and Plek-finished fretwork give it vintage looks with modern playability.

D'Angelico Deluxe Bedford

Solid-body electric guitar model

South Korea

The Deluxe Bedford is an offset-body solid-body electric guitar with an alder body, a three-piece maple-and-walnut neck with a satin C-shaped profile, an ebony fingerboard with split-block inlays, and a 24.75-inch scale. Two Seymour Duncan stacked P-90 pickups feed a gold Wilkinson six-point tremolo bridge. It is part of D'Angelico's premium Deluxe series.

Gibson Les Paul Faded DC

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

A double-cutaway Les Paul finished in a satin, worn-looking "faded" nitrocellulose finish. The stripped-back cosmetics keep the price down while the twin-cutaway body improves access to the upper frets.

Gibson Les Paul Junior

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

A no-frills Les Paul introduced in 1954 as an affordable student model, built from a slab mahogany body with a single P-90 pickup. Its simple, raw, and powerful tone has made it a long-standing favorite of punk and rock players.

Gibson ES-330

Electric guitar by Gibson

Electric guitar · United States

A fully hollow thinline electric with no center block, the ES-330 uses P-90 pickups and a neck that joins the body high up. Lighter and more acoustically lively than the semi-hollow ES-335, it has a raw, airy voice prone to a touch of feedback.

Gibson ES-135

Semi-hollow body electric guitar

Electric guitar · United States

A thinline hollow-body electric reissued in the 1990s, built with a center block for added stability. Fitted with P-90 pickups and a trapeze tailpiece, it offers a bright, punchy semi-hollow voice at an accessible price.

Reverend Jetstream

Triple-pickup bolt-on electric guitar

Electric guitar · South Korea

A bolt-on electric guitar from the American maker Reverend, prized by rock players for its big tone. It is offered as the Jetstream 390 with three Reverend P90 pickups or the Jetstream HB with two humbuckers, and carries the brand's korina body, 25.5-inch scale and Bass Contour Control.

Chapman ML3

Electric guitar

The ML3 is Chapman Guitars' contemporary take on the T-style guitar, blending classic aesthetics with modern performance. The family spans the dual-humbucker ML3 Modern, the P-90-equipped Thin Line Classic, and a set-through ML3 Semi-Hollow.

PJD St. John

Offset electric guitar

United Kingdom

The St. John is a core PJD Guitars model inspired by classic 1960s offset designs, built in York, England. It uses a modified offset body shape with PJD's humbucker/P-90 pickup pairing and is available in Standard, Elite and Limited specifications.

Knaggs Kenai

Single-cutaway carved-top electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Kenai is a Knaggs Guitars Influence Series single-cutaway electric guitar with a carved top and back, a set mahogany neck, a 24.75-inch scale, and 22 frets. It is offered in HH, HSS, H/P90 and single-humbucker layouts with the Knaggs Influence 2-in-1 bridge and string holder.

Macmull Heartbreaker

Single-cutaway electric guitar

The Heartbreaker is a Macmull Custom Guitars single-cutaway electric with a bound one-piece alder body, bolt-on hard maple neck and Madagascar rosewood 9.5-inch radius fingerboard with 21 Dunlop 6105 frets. The Heartbreaker Custom variant is fitted with two of Macmull's matched RVT P-90 pickups.

Novo Miris J

Offset retro-modern solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Miris J is a Novo Guitars retro-modern solid-body electric guitar handbuilt in Nashville. It features a swamp ash body with white binding, a tempered maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, a 25.5-inch scale, two Lollar P-90 pickups, and a Mastery M1 bridge with an NV vibrato tailpiece.

BilT S.S. Zaftig

Offset semi-solid electric guitar

The S.S. Zaftig is a BilT Guitars offset, double-cutaway semi-solid electric with a semi-acoustic alder body, a hard-maple neck and bound rosewood fingerboard with 21 vintage-style frets. It is fitted with Lollar Staple P-90 pickups for a distinctive voice.

Koll Junior Glide

Solid-body electric guitar

The Junior Glide is Koll Guitar Co.'s stripped-down, single-P-90 take on the classic student single-cut, reimagined in the offset Glide body. It uses a fine seasoned mahogany body and set neck, a rosewood fingerboard with pearl dots, and a USA-made wrap-around bridge.